Joseph Rykwert#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 4230 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
Elected: | 2016 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Joseph Rykwert passed away October 18, 2024.
Positions Held
- 1998 Emeritus professor, University of Pennsylvania
- 1988 - 1998 Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
- 1980 - 1988 Senior Lecturer and Reader, Cambridge University
- 1980 Slade Professor, Cambridge University
- 1968 - 1980 Professor of Art, University of Essex
- 1961 - 1968 Librarian and Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London
- 1958/9 Lecturer, Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, Ulm
Fields of Scholarship
- Architecture
- History of Art
- Urbanism
Honours and Awards
- Member, Accademia di San Luca, Rome
- Member, Accademia Clementina Bologna
- Member, Polish Academy of Arts and Science
- Hon Fellow, Royal Academy, London
- 1984 Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 2014 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to architecture
- Hon. Doctorates: Edinburgh, Bath, Cordoba (Argentina), Toronto, Roma (Sapienza), Trieste
- Gold Medal, Club de Bellas Artes, Madrid
- President, Congres International des Critiques d'Architecture
- 2014 Royal Gold Medal, the Royal Institute of British Architects
- 2000 Bruno Zevi prize in architectural history by the Biennale of Venice
- 2009 Gold Medal Bellas Artes, Madrid